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WILLIAMS SCORES BIG (WIN AND
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(JULY 23, 2005 - TULARE, CA) Although the on-track battle between the seasons point’s leaders Chad Boespflug and Steven Williams never materialized, both drivers still captured the evening’s headlines. Williams not only dominated the field in the 30-lap main event, going wire-to-wire from his front row starting position, he leap-frogged over Boespflug into the points lead as Boesfplug was credited with 12th position after dropping out. The Merced youngster was never really challenged as he negotiated the beautifully groomed 1/3-mile track. Boespflug had fast time and captured heat #1 which would have added 20 points to his season’s total. His car was strong and the 17-year-old high school student had high hopes for the evening’s finale. However, he burned a piston during the Dash and was forced to retire his No. 98 machine. Hoping to stay in the hunt, Boespflug hopped a ride in Troy Hovey’s machine for the main event, which, according to the rulebook, negated the points he earlier earned. He did however, receive 29 points for the main. Sharing the spotlight with Williams and Boespflug was Chris D’Arcy, who charged from his eighth starting position to the runner-up spot with a brilliant passing performance, this despite almost spinning out after minor contact with Danny Olmstead on lap 19. The two were battling hard for second place as they entered turns three and four, brushing wheels that caused Olmstead to spin out. D’Arcy did a 360 spin but kept his momentum and his second position when starter Lee Jaskowiak displayed the green flag on the restart. Although D’Arcy was strong, he didn’t have anything for the front-running Williams. His charge through the field did earn him the Hard Charger Award. Once again displaying his overall driving talent, with or without a wing, Ricci Faria made a last-lap pass of Richard Harvey to garner the last podium position. It was similar to his last-lap pass of Jim Richardson to win the June 18th feature. While Williams had “things” under control, fierce battles for third through eighth were developing as Olmstead fought his way back from his spin to challenge Evan Suggs, Aaron Chaney and Tyler Spath. He fought his way back to sixth but couldn’t get by Chaney who finished fifth. Williams, who earned seven points by qualifying fourth and nine points for finishing second in his heat, also added 60 points for his main event win, jumping past Boespflug. He now leads by 44 points, 577 to 533. Earlier in the evening, Jonathan Logan captured his first SCRA Dash Masters event, out-dueling Williams and Todd Hunsaker. Heat events were taken by Bosepflug and Harvey. Main event, 30-laps: Heat #1: Spin Tech Mufflers Heat #2: Awards & Signs Dash: Forest Transportation Qualifying: POINT STANDINGS JULY 23 PASSING MASTER POINTS JULY 23 |
